The prize-winners will be selected by a jury consisting of development engineers from agricultural machinery manufacturers exhibiting at Agritechnica. The DLG has today announced the shortlist of the 20 innovations that have been nominated for a prize. The nominated companies and innovations have been published at www.agritechnica.com/systems-and-components-trophy. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in the Systems & Components Future Lounge at Agritechnica on November 10th in Hanover.
Components and supplier systems today play an increasingly important role in agricultural machinery. During the product development phase, agricultural machinery manufacturers work closely together with component and system suppliers to optimise the functionality of their machines. Marie Servais, Agritechnica Project Manager, is delighted that the agricultural machinery supplier industry is receiving its own attention-grabbing award at the world's leading trade fair: "The trophy is aimed primarily at companies represented in the Systems & Components area of the exhibition at Agritechnica 2019. The award offers them the opportunity to recommend development engineers and agricultural machinery manufacturers as innovative sources of ideas. The award is therefore an optimum addition to the prestigious Agritechnica Innovation Awards, the DLG awards for innovative products and machines in agriculture."
Honoured by development engineers
With the 'Systems & Components Trophy – Engineers' Choice', DLG is honouring components or systems with an innovative or considerably improved concept which can made a significant contribution to the development and production of agricultural machinery and other off-highway machines. Central evaluation criteria include practical importance to the industry, advantages in terms of profitability and processes, for the environment and energy consumption as well as improvements in terms of workload and safety.
Systems & Components: supplier industry get-together
Systems & Components is the B2B platform for the supplier industry within the framework of Agritechnica. The world's leading trade fair for agricultural machinery will be taking place from November 10th to 16th 2019 (exclusive days on November 10th and 11th) at Hanover exhibition grounds
Systems & Components Trophy – Nominees 2019
• Alliance Forestar 344 ELIT
Alliance Tire Europe BV (Hall 4 Stand C28)
The Alliance Forestar 344 ELIT is the world‘s first low inflation forestry tire. Operating at half the inflation pressure when compared to standard forestry tires, the F344 ELIT minimises soil compaction during forestry operations and provides high traction with an excellent fuel efficiency and self-cleaning characteristics.
• Multifunctional hydraulic tank module in hybrid design
ARGO - HYTOS GmbH (Hall 17 Stand F18)
The “Hybrid Integrated Tank” (HIT) is a ready-to-install hydraulic tank system. Laser transmission welding is used as a flexible method to combine the strengths of rotational molding and injection molding. Hereby the plastic tank system can be produced cost-efficiently even for small quantities. Critical interfaces are eliminated and all components relevant for filtration are integrated.
• Continuously Variable Transmission Unit
BONDIOLI & PAVESI GmbH Germany (Hall 15 Stand E27)
The proposed CVT unit is a compact and powerful mechatronic unit that combines the efficiency of a mechanic transmission with the ductility of hydraulic, controlled by electronic. The unit can be applied on drawbars and is extremely interesting for all applications where it's required to continuously adapt the speed of the implement to different working conditions.
• New generation of professional agricultural driveshafts
BONDIOLI & PAVESI GmbH Germany (Hall 15 Stand E27)
Strength, lifetime and limited need of service were the main targets during the complete redesign process of the new generation of SFT driveshafts Plus. All components were newly developed from scratch considering those targets and for professional use. Subsequently this new generation of driveshafts eliminates or reduces maintenance and lubrication.
• Easy mount IoT pumps
BONDIOLI & PAVESI GmbH Germany (Hall 15 Stand E27)
The easy-to-mount Electro-Hydraulic pump is a system composed by a hydrostatic pump for mobile applications with ECU, sensors and wiring harness connecting electronic components and actuators installed on the pump itself. A stylish cover protects all the parts and has only one easy to plugin connector for all inbound and outbound communications that makes the mount on the vehicle fast and easy.
• SFT 2.0 driveline with SH CV joint
BONDIOLI & PAVESI GmbH Germany (Hall 15 Stand E27)
CV joints increase the efficiency of towed implements, but the centering disk and balls need to always be lubricated and this requires a periodical refill of lubricant. The SFT 2.0 SH constant velocity joint represents a considerable improvement because it extends the time between two lubrications from the current 50 hours to 250 hours.
• GFT8150 TIS (Tire Inflation System)
Bosch Rexroth AG (Hall 16 Stand A04)
In order to lead pressurized air through the gearbox unit from the vehicle frame into the tire, the Bosch Rexroth TIS System is implemented in a standard gearbox design for single wheel driven machinery with small modifications.
• BPW AGRO Hub
BPW Bergische Achsen Kommanditgesellschaft (Hall 15 Stand E05)
With BPW Agro Hub, customers in agricultural industry receive a detailed overview of the mileage of the running gears installed in their agricultural trailers. Sensors allow the daily as well as the overall mileage to be calculated in hours and kilometres. A new feature is the integration of additional axle load sensors, allowing the vehicle operator to record and store the weight of the trailer.
• AX pump and motor
Bucher Hydraulics GmbH (Hall 17 Stand E17)
The AX hydraulic pump and motor unit has a revolutionary new design principle that consistently eliminates the existing disadvantages of today‘s hydraulic pumps and motors. It offers unmatched characteristics with regard to high efficiency, low pulsation, optimum slow-running and starting behavior as well as low noise. AX pumps are ideally suited for electrification.
• Front Loader Solution
Danfoss Power Solutions ApS (Hall 16 Stand B20)
With its complete front loader solution including sensors, electro-hydraulic valves and software, Danfoss is able to empower tractor OEMs and front loader manufacturers to get faster to market. The intelligent front loader solution includes 20+ safety functions and 15+ smart features for increased operability and safety when operator loads in the field and on the farm.
• Hitch Control Solution 2.0
Danfoss Power Solutions ApS (Hall 16 Stand B20)
The new generation of the hitch control solution by Danfoss offers two new features for improved comfort and easier deployment and optimization. Danfoss has developed a new improved algorithm for active damping to attenuate pitching vibration of agricultural tractors giving up to 50% reduction of the oscillations. Another key feature is an HIL interface for tuning of the hitch parameters.
• POLO Connectors Test Couplings
Ernst Wagener Hydraulikteile GmbH (Hall 16 Stand 16A)
Polo Connectors Test Couplings are an innovative solution for industrial testing of low and high pressure liquids or gas circuits. The tedious screwing and unscrewing of the components to be tested is no longer necessary.
• SafeKnives
Frank Walz- und Schmiedetechnik GmbH (Hall 11 Stand B18)
Disc mower knives are used in mowers to cut forage. For quick-knife-changing they are often clamped to the disc and can thus easily become a projectile if a clamping bolt gets damaged. SafeKnives constantly measures the clamping force of the bolts. If clamping force decreases, the machine stops and prevents damage to humans or machinery.
• HELLA Smart Worklight System
Hella Fahrzeugteile Austria GmbH (Hall 17 Stand B40)
Many new applications evolve with the possibility to control each worklight and each LED individually. Smart worklights from Hella, in combination with the patent-pending „Gateway“ controlling of intelligent worklights by the vehicle's intelligence systems make it possible for customers to not install new wiring harnesses or change the existing wiring harnesses.
• INVENOX Battery Systems
INVENOX GmbH (Hall 17 Stand H12a)
Invenox battery systems rely on an innovative cell bonding technology which allows the battery system to set a new standard in terms of robustness, energy density and design flexibility to adapt to complex installation spaces.
• Replaceable ball for ball links with integrated locking
LH Lift Oy (Hall 17 Stand D02)
The “replaceable ball for ball links with integrated locking” substitutes traditional pressed ball-ends or articulated yokes in tractor coupling systems (3-point linkages etc.). It has better durability and wear resistance than traditional solutions. A hemispheric ball enables simple product variation for instance, adding grease fitting for easy lubrication or altering pin hole size.
• TWIN TOUCH
RAFI GmbH & Co. KG (Hall 17 Stand B19)
With Twin Touch, the capacitive touchscreen with force recognition, RAFI has introduced a touchscreen that not only evaluates touch, but also the pressure applied to the panel.
• ANCOR
recalm GmbH (Hall 17 Stand 17D54a)
To counteract the stress and danger factor of noise within vehicle cabins, recalm has developed ANCOR, an innovative acoustic device based on the principle of active noise reduction. By emitting an anti-sound signal, interfering signals are cancelled out. Ancor impresses with its innovative, user-friendly, machine-oriented technology and its customized and nuanced design.
• Emergency-Release-System Scharmüller
SCHARMÜLLER Ges.m.b.H & Co.KG (Hall 17 Stand D04)
To disconnect the mechanical connection between tractor and the baler in case of a fire, the emergency release system is hydraulically activated through an integrated energy storage. Therefore there is no need to enter the danger zone while trying to uncouple a burning baler. All components are tested for the required load values and homologated for road usage.
• VisibleFarm API
VisibleFarm Kft. (Hall 15 Stand H16b)
How can we use the data that is generated by the many different systems on a farm? VisibleFarm API is a cloud-based data processing, data integrator service and development library which tries to solve this common problem. It supports agricultural software developers to build applications using a standardized and normalized data model connecting and merging data between any platforms.
